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Eugene Robinson
Eugene Robinson
stated on June 21, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
The Confederate battle flag in South Carolina was first flown at the statehouse in 1961. "It was flown as a symbol of massive resistance to racial desegregation."
Mostly True
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 22, 2015
James Clyburn
James Clyburn
stated on June 21, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
The original compromise for the Confederate battle flag in South Carolina "was to put it on the back side of the statehouse, out of public view so it would not have any appearance of sovereignty."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 21, 2015
Jean Casarez
Jean Casarez
stated on June 21, 2015 comments on CNN
The Confederate battle flag at the South Carolina statehouse "must fly at a height of 30 feet. Any changes -- taken down, or even at half-staff, if that can be done -- must be passed by a supermajority of the General Assembly."
True
By Linda Qiu • June 21, 2015
Michael Skolnik
Michael Skolnik
stated on June 16, 2015 comments on CNN
"For most black people in the history of this country … it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass."
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 18, 2015
Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on June 14, 2015 an article on the Breitbart website
Says the California flag was supposed to be a pear, not a bear.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 18, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 15, 2015 a social media post
Says Bill Clinton "gave a speech in 1996 about Iraq having WMDs" and said "we needed a regime change," even though everyone blamed those things on George W. Bush.
Mostly False
By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2015
Hillary Davis
Hillary Davis
stated on May 6, 2015 a hearing at the General Assembly
"The profit [from automated traffic enforcement cameras] is going to the private corporations, not to the city or state."  
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2015
Patricia Morgan
Patricia Morgan
stated on May 27, 2015 a news conference
The Convention Center "was sold as a building that would never cost taxpayers a dime."  
Mostly True
By Mark Reynolds • June 7, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on May 24, 2015 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
The Supreme Court "can’t overrule the other two" branches of government.  
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 29, 2015
Eric Turner
Eric Turner
stated on April 7, 2015 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
There was "a 57-percent decrease in fireworks-related injuries in 2000 [after Connecticut legalized sparklers] compared to the 14 years prior."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 17, 2015 a meme on social media
"During Obama's first five years as president, black unemployment increased 42 percent. During Reagan's presidency, black unemployment dropped 20 percent."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 14, 2015 a tweet
Says Thomas Jefferson said "that government is best which governs least."
False
May 19, 2015
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 17, 2015 on CNN's "State of the Union"
"Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • May 17, 2015
Kathleen Sullivan
Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee
"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."
False
By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on May 1, 2015 a commentary in The Providence Journal
Annual precipitation "has increased in Rhode Island by over 12 inches in the last century."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 14, 2015
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on May 10, 2015 an interview on CNN
"We had the biggest drop of the rate of unemployment (in) all but 4 states."
Mostly False
By Mark Reynolds • May 10, 2015
John Taylor
John Taylor
stated on April 24, 2015 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers."
"The people of Tiverton have historically supported [gambling measures] at a rate higher than the rest of the state."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 7, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 23, 2015 an interview
Minnesota’s "advantage" in economic growth has been having "Republicans in charge of at least one part of government" for all but two years, while Wisconsin Democrats "for many years" before 2011 controlled both legislative chambers and the governorship.  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 29, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 18, 2015 remarks in New Hampshire
"About half of the presidents have been governors; half of them, senators."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 21, 2015 a roundtable at a community college
"The United States invented the community college. Nobody else had ever done anything like it."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 21, 2015
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